User Manual

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PREFACE....................................................................................................................... 1
NOTICE....................................................................................................................... 1
TRADEMARKS ............................................................................................................ 1
ABOUT THIS MANUAL................................................................................................. 2
Intended user........................................................................................................ 2
Organization of the manual ................................................................................. 2
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SING THIS MANUAL .................................................................................................. 3
GUIDE TO CONVENTIONS ........................................................................................... 4
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 7
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VERVIEW ................................................................................................................. 7
KEY FEATURES........................................................................................................... 8
Hard drive hot swapping ..................................................................................... 8
Automatic drive rebuilding .................................................................................. 8
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AKING SURE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING...................................................................... 8
What's in the box.................................................................................................. 8
What else you need............................................................................................... 8
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AMILIARIZING YOURSELF WITH THE CONTROLLER ................................................... 9
Overview.............................................................................................................. 9
Front view............................................................................................................ 9
Rear view ........................................................................................................... 10
CHAPTER 2 - BEFORE YOU BEGIN ...................................................................... 11
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RE-INSTALLATION PLANNING ................................................................................. 11
Introduction to RAID levels ............................................................................... 11
RAID 0 ............................................................................................................... 12
RAID 5 ............................................................................................................... 13
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RE-INSTALLATION NOTICES.................................................................................... 14
CHAPTER 3 - SETTING UP THE CONTROLLER................................................ 15
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NSTALLATION FLOWCHART..................................................................................... 15
SETTING CONFIGURATIONS ...................................................................................... 16
RAID 0 configuration......................................................................................... 16
RAID 5 configuration......................................................................................... 16
Master configuration ......................................................................................... 17
Slave configuration............................................................................................ 17